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Now that the annual period of relax
ation hs arrived, those who hare been
riding on the top of hilarity's wave
have taken a plunge into the trough of
penitence that separates it from the
quieter crest of the Easter billow. But
V. c the days and nights to be spent, meta
phorically, in sack cloth and ashes will probably not be passed in
complete inactivity. Only the very giddy divetsions must be es
chewed, as everybody knows. Pastimes of a mild and informal
nature may flourish. "Just a dinner to a few intimate friends" or
"a dropping in quite unconventionally for a rubber of whist" or
morning readings, sans refreshments, save those whose quality sav
ors of the ideal rather than the substantial.
Judge Ambrose of Omaha was in the city Wednesday.
Judge West of Benkleman, Neb., is in the city.
On Friday, March 1st, the Commercial club tendered a reception
at the capitol to the state legislature and officials. The building
was h blaze of light from top to bottom and presented a lively scene
differing materially from its usual sombre and forbidding aspect
Nearly the whole of the second floor was given over to the guests,
both the senate chamber and representative hall being open for re
ception, and the smaller offices for cloak rooms, smoking and
refreshments. The immense crowd that thronged the corridors and
filled every available inch of standing and sitting room, attested the
the popularity and appreciation of the Commercial club's invita
tions, while the manifest success of the affair shows that the club is
conscious of our needs and fully able to meet them, albeit at rather
long intervals. It is not often that one sees in Lincoln such a cos
mopolitan gathering. The legislators, state officers and Commercial
club formed only a small part of the assembly while the remainder
was filled up from every class of society represented in the city. The
president of the Pleasant Hours touched elbows with the represnta
tive from the western counties and the next dry goods clerk, while
the swell gown of the leading society woman held the admiring gaze
of many of her less favored but harder working sisters. Good fellow
ship was universal and the terrible crush, most disastrous to cos
tumes and toes was pleasant if not entirely agreeable. At ten
o'clock Lieut. Townley, assisted by eight pretty girls, led the grand
march and the dancing began in the senate chamber, which, after
the crowd thinned out and the floor space was available, was pro
longued until a delightfully late hour. Refreshments were served to
those lucky enough to gain admittance to the room. The decora
tions were pleasing and patriotic Irvine's orchestra furnished the
music
Mrs. W. E. Gosper is in the east.
John A. McShane, of Omaha, was in Lincoln Monday.
Postmaster Euclid Martin and John A. Creighton,of Omaha, were
in the city Monday.
Mr. J. G. Morrison, of 1631 F street, has returned from El Paso.
Tex. He reports the delegation from here, A. T. Leming, Mrs. Item
ing, Miss Grace Leming, Miss Estelle Morrison, as all in good health
and spirits.
Governor Thayer left Monday for Oxford where he delivered his
lecture, "Personal Reminiscenses of General Grant," hitherto un
published. He delivered the same Wednesday evening at Nelson.
The concert given by Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond at the Congregation
al church on Tuesday was a great success. The church waB full
of people who appeared-to be pleased. The group of musicians
about Mrs. Raymond are loyal and devoted. She has the faculty of
unifying and harmonizing them. She has founded a distinct school
in Lincoln which is becoming known all over the United States.
To be sure she has given Lincoln, as a whole, a reputation for being
able to assimilate classical music and there are people who doubt if
any western audience can even bite off symphonies and nocturnes
let alone digesting them. Those people do not deny, however, that
the best music has some influence on everbody and great influence
on a few. The concert consisted of Scotch songs. That people,
more than any other, can touch the heart with their lyric poetry.
Their songs are pre-eminent. Did Patti, Christine Nillson, Scalchi,
ever sing anything else when they sung to the people and did not
the people Bay "weep here" when they did? Miss Becker sung "Land
O' The Leal" and "I Lo Na a Laddie But Ane" with simplicity and
effect. Mrs. Lippincott sung "Within a Mile O Edinbro Town"
and "We'd Bettor Bide a Wee" in her best manner which is high
praise. The program is subjoined and the critic heard no numbers
but with delight. When the chorus sang "The Campbells are
Comin' " you could see the tartans fluttering, the sturdy bare legs
marching and could hear the pipes skirlin. It was the sound of the
victorious approach of a mountain clan and it keyed up the audience
for what was to follow.
Dan Hopkins, of Texas, is in the city visiting Judge Post.
Miss Sherwood, who was married on February 23 to Mr. G. M.
Lambertson of this city, has many friends here and in Omaha where
she lived before her short interval of residence in Lincoln. She is
cultivated and attractive and society in Lincoln is waiting to welcome
them.
Albert Watkins addressed the political economy club at the state
university Thursday evening.
The department of literature met March 5th with Miss Anna
Mayer and the following program was rendered: Political Condi
tions of the Colonies, Miss Morrill; Social Conditions of the Colo
nies, Mrs. Mullen; James Otis, Mrs. E. B. Stephenson; Samuel
Adams, Miss Anna Mayer; Patrick Henry, Mrs. Dr. Wilkinson;
Scotch Writers of Today, Mrs. T. J. O'Connell. The next meeting
will be held March 19th with Mrs. T. J. O'Connell, 314 North 14th
street.
In honor of the publication of A. L. Bixby's new book, "Drift
wood," the newspaper men of this city gave a banquet at the Wind
sor hotel Tuesday evening. After justice had been done to the
menu the following toasts were responded to: "The Guest of the
Evening," Ross Hammond, Fremont Tribune; "The Rhymes That
Bring the Stuff," A. L. Bixby; "The Senate Bigger That the House,"
Senator George Cross, Fairbury Gazette; "Bixby as a Poet," H. M.
BuBhnell; "A Patriot the Man Who Holds a Job," Tim Sedgwick,
York Times; "Our Vile Contemporaries," J. W. Outright, Evening
News; "Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again," R. L. Metcalf,
World-Herald; "The Venal Vampires That We Slay," Dick Steele,
Omaha Bee; "The Pops Are the People," John C. Sprecher. Schyu
ler Quill; "The Cuckoo Licks the Stamp," C. D. Casper, David City
Press; "Can Bixby Sell the Book?" D. L. Bradley, World-Herald;
"No Dignity Without Brains," W. O. Champan, Crete Vidette; "The
Pen of the Chief Clerk Mightier Than the Speaker's Gavel," W. M.
Geddes, chief clerk of the house; "How to Retire Gracefully,', Sam
D. Cox; "How It Feels to Be in the Soup," Representative Edgar
Howard, Papillion Times; "The Drouth-Stricken Deestrick," Ed J.
Mock, Alma Record. J. W. Johnson acted as toast master.
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